@Wolfie_Inu: Would it really be a spoiler? We know that there have to be ways for the 'programming' to be undone - Alex was activated then deactivated. The only thing we don't know (by we I mean the readers!) is how it is done.

@Lavabat: Fair enough. I don't know if I'll get around to explaining it in the story, but control is usually deactivated by an external command. If it were usually possible to deactivate from inside, that would kind of defeat the object.

As for how (or whether) Louwrens will get out of this, though, that obviously is a spoiler.